Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was denied a SCOTUS nomination hearing in 2016. Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Congressional Democrats will unveil a bill to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen on Thursday.
The bill is sponsored by Vermont Senator Ed Markey and House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York, and according to a press release, it will be announced outside the Supreme Court building among progressive activists from groups which advocate for SCOTUS expansion, including Take Back the Court, Demand Justice, and Indivisible.
While a 13-member Court would be the largest in its history, the number of justices fluctuated over its first 80 years; since 1869, the number has held steady at nine. Republicans in recent years have also proposed a change to the number: In 2016, Ted Cruz proposed that the GOP-controlled Senate continue to block a Democratic nominee if Hillary Clinton were elected that November.
Last week, President Biden announced a bipartisan, 36-member commission to appraise “the merits and legality of particular reform proposals,” including an expansion of the court or retiring the standard of lifetime appointments. The report is scheduled to be completed 180 days after its first public meeting.
1)Ed Markey is from Massachusetts, not Vermont. 2)Jerrold, not Jerry, Nadler. 3)How is this 'dead in the water?' Maybe some folks know, but not from this article. 4) Do you have any editors?
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